"The expert's greatest weakness lies in the fact that he is called as an
 expert and is most reluctant to admit that he doesn't know all that is
 knowable about the subject to which he is called to testify."
 ―Edward Huntington Williams, _The Doctor in Court_, 1929

"Experts should be on tap, not on top." - Sir Winston Churchill

"If it comes to a traditional tank battle, better let the experts
 handle it.  Best thing a civilian can do is disappear."
 - Marine Major Tim Stevens

"When you seek a new path to truth, you must expect to find it
 blocked by expert opinion." - Albert Guérard

"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which
 can be made, in a narrow field.” - Niels Bohr

"A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice."
 - James Callaghan

"As the global recession began in 2008, the Greek economy featured high
 levels of public debt, a large trade deficit, undiversified industries, an
o verextended public sector, militant trade unions, widespread corruption,
 uneven payment of taxes, an overvalued currency, consumers expecting
 rising living standards and euro membership based on inaccurate data.
 Yet in February 2009, the European Union's economics commissioner
 Joaquin Almunia observed:
   'The Greek economy is in better condition compared with the
    average condition in the eurozone, which is currendy in recession.'"
 - Jason Manolopoulos, _Greece's 'Odious' Debt_ (2011)